Danforth, L., & Miller, J. (2018). African american males from female-headed households: Using family resilience to navigate their way to college. Journal of Family Social Work, 21(1), 63. A grounded theory method was used to uncover essential resources in African American males’ (N = 22) social ecologies that increased the likelihood of… read more

Dow, D. M. (2016). The deadly challenges of raising african american boys: Navigating the controlling image of the “thug”. Gender & Society, 30(2), 161. Through 60 in-depth interviews with African American middle- and upper-middle-class mothers, this article examines how the controlling image of the “thug” influences the concerns these mothers… read more

Carey, R. (2018). “what am I gonna be losing?” school culture and the family-based college-going dilemmas of black and latino adolescent boys. Education and Urban Society, 50(3), 246-273. As educators and service providers in urban schools encourage student college going at higher rates than ever, policy and practice on school… read more

Barbarin, O. (2010). Halting african american boys’ progression from pre-K to prison: What families, schools, and communities can do. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80(1), 81-88. Incarceration is a much more common experience for African American males than White males. As a consequence of these high rates, the “school-to-prison” pipeline is… read more

Hilton, A. A., & Bonner, F. A. (2017). Today’s urban black male: The importance of finding the right college to realize maximum success. Urban Education, 52(9), 1051-1056. When it comes to higher education, finding the right school is only one obstacle in the lives of most African-American males. Studies show… read more

Alston, D. N., & Williams, N. (1982). Relationship between father absence and self-concept of black adolescent boys. The Journal of Negro Education, 51(2), 134-138. No Abstract. Full article can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2294678